Rna polymerase ii mutations conferring defects in poly(a) site cleavage and termination in saccharomyces cerevisiae

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-180

  Kubicek, Charles E ^a   Chisholm, Robert D ^a   Takayama, Sachiko ^a   Hawley, Diane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotic; Mutations; Polyadenylation; Rpb2 gene; Transcription

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; RPB2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIF;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RPB2 GENE MUTATIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION; POLYADENYLATION; RPB2 GENE MUTATIONS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLY A; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883154414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.004531     Document Type: Article

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